This is HOCKEYTOWN- A Red Wings Dynasty

[datszatta]

Well since i managed to save over my previous Red Wings chise ive decided I am going to do another Redwings chise, They are my fav team and i just cant do a chise with another team. I am going to sim the 2011-12 season. Post the end of season stuff and then do updates every 10 games or end of each month during 2012-13 season.

Diffculty settings: Super star
Sliders: mine
Period length: 9 mins

[bthomp05]

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Good luck...

[datszatta]

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Update:
i will start this new wings chise tonight or tomorrow but ive decided that i am going to make some changes to the starting lineup for the 2011-12 season. I am still going to sim the season so i can get to the off-season stuff.

here is the new starting lineup:

Detroit Red Wings Depth Chart - 2011
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
LW	Valtteri Filppula	Johan Franzen	Justin Abdelkader	Jan Mursak
C	Pavel Datsyuk	Henrik Zetterberg	Darren Helm	Cory Emmerton
RW	Gustav Nyquist	Tomas Tatar	Chris Conner	Drew Miller
D #1	Nicklas Lidstrom	Niklas Kronwall	Kyle Quincey
D #2	Jonathan Ericsson	Brendan Smith	Ian White
G	Jimmy Howard	Ty Conklin

Gone:
Jiri Hudler
Brad Stuart
Todd Bertuzzi

New:
Gustav Nyquist
Tomas Tatar
Brendan Smith
Chris Conner

Hudler, Stuart and Bertuzzi will be traded during pre-season, i will post who/what i get for them later on.

[datszatta]

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Simply Recap of the 2011-12 season which i simmed to get to the off-season:

Detroit ends 2011-12 season 2nd in the Western Conference. In the 1st round of the playoffs they got past Calgary in 7 games. in the 2nd round they would see the end of their playoff run when the Anaheim Ducks knocked them out in 6 games.

Washington Capitals would go on to win the Stanley Cup for the 2011-12 season.

Detroit Red Wings final player stats

Player	GP	G	A	Pts
Pavel Datsyuk	81	37	53	90
Henrik Zetterberg	80	40	49	89
Valtteri Filppula	78	31	33	64
Johan Franzen	75	24	40	64
Nicklas Lidstrom	82	10	40	50
Ian White	82	12	34	46
Tomas Tatar	73	23	23	46
Gustav Nyquist	77	14	28	42
Niklas Kronwall	80	7	27	34
Brendan Smith	81	4	29	33
Justin Abdelkader	82	10	9	19
Kyle Quincey	82	1	18	19
Darren Helm	82	4	14	18
Chris Conner	82	9	7	16
Cory Emmerton	77	5	8	13
Jonathan Ericsson	82	2	10	12
Drew Miller	20	7	4	11
Patrick Eaves	28	5	6	11

Final NHL Standings


Next up will be draft and off-season transactions

[datszatta]

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Detroit went into the 2012 Entry Draft armed with 3 1st rd picks they acquired prior to the season.
Recap of the how the extra picks were acquired plus 1 other trade:
Jiri Hudler traded to Colorado for 1st rd pick
Brad Stuart traded to Anaheim for 1st rd pick
Todd Bertuzzi traded to Minnesota for 3rd pick and Matt Kassian

At the draft Detroit would package all 3 picks in an offer to Colorado for the 1st overall pick. Colorado would accept that offer and Detroit would get the 1st pick while Colorado would get the 22nd, 25th and 29th picks.

With the 1st overall pick Detroit would take Mikhail Grigorenko to give them a top end prospect at the center position. "We felt we had good depth on the outside with Tatar, Nyquist currently with the Wings and Jurco, Pulkkinen and Tvrdon coming up." Gm Ken Holland said about the pick.

Detroit has plenty of centers but only one is seen as a top 6 forward, Calle Jarnkrok, after that they have centers who look to be more suited for the bottom end of the lineup.

Detroit Red Wings top 4 draft picks from 2012 draft

[datszatta]

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DETROIT FREE AGENT PERIOD
Detroit, MI- NHL entry draft completed and the Wings were able to add some important pecies to their team. Now they move onto free agency. The Wings had a few very important players that needed new contracts.

The 1^st puzzle to fall was that Nicklas Lidstrom will return for at least 1 more season as a Red Wing. He signed a 1 yr contract to contuine playing. Once Lidstrom signed everything else started.


After Detroit took care of their own free agents they went into the market looking to add a couple players. They put out offers to a couple RFA’s from other teams but those offers were matched. They did bring in 2 UFA in Lee Stempniak and Michal Handzus.


Justin Adbelkader and Ty Conklin were both released/allowed to hit the free agent market. Conklin was the Wings backup but didn’t have a great season. With the addition of Kassian who impressed the team staff, Abdelkader found himself on the outside.

Re-Signed:
Nicklas Lidstrom, Nicklas Kronwall, Darren Helm, Chris Conner, Tomas Tatar, Matt Kassian, Kyle Quincey

Released:
Justin Abdelkader, Ty Conklin

Signed Entry Level Contract:
Calle Jarnkrok(A-/B/B), Mikhal Grigorenko(A-/B/A-), Riley Sheahan(C/C/B-), Teemu Pulkkinen(B/C/B-), Alexi Marchenko(C/B-/C), Petr Mrazek(C/A-/A)

Additions:
Lee Stempnaik, Michal Handzus

[datszatta]

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Detroit Red Wings Pre-Season Recap

Game 1

3
2 so

Grigorenko, Stempniak and Handzus played their 1st game as Red Wings. Franzen did not play. Ian White hurt will miss rest of pre-season. Should be ready for season opener.

Game 2

4
2

Calle Jarnkrok, Adam Almqvist, Chris Conner made their pre-season debuts. Pavel Datsyuk, Nicklas Lidstrom and Val Filppula did not play


Game 3

3
4

Alexi Marchenko, Johan Franzen make pre-season debuts. Pavel Datsyuk plays, Joey Mcdonald starts in net. Zetterberg, Kronwall, Cleary did not play


Game 4

4
3

Before game Detroit sent Marchenko, Almqvist, Jarnkrok to Grand Rapids. Grigorenko stayed for the final pre-season game to play with the full squad.

After the game Grigorenko was sent back to his juinor team.

Detroit finished the pre-season 1-2-1 and will open the new season against Edmonton.

Opening night lineup
Filppula-Datsyuk-Nyquist
Franzen-Zetterberg-Tatar
Stempnaik-Helm-Cleary
M. Kassian-Handzus-Conner

Lidstrom-Ericsson
Kronwall-Smith
Quincey-White

Howard

[seb170455]

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Good luck again on your Wings dynasty.

[datszatta]

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Detroit Red Wings Update (10 games)

Wings started the 2012-13 season with a 6 game road trip which began in Edmonton and ended in Minnesota. They would finish the trip 4-2. They then start a 5 game home stand which began with 9-1 and 8-1 beating of Chicago and Columbus respectively.

They highlight game in the 1st 10 was against Nashville. Nashville came into that game 5-0-3 while Detroit was sitting at 6-2-0. Detroit would give Nashville their 1st regulation lost of the season with a 4-2 win. Tomas Tatar finished with 3 pts and Franzen had 2 goals to lead the Wings.

Highlight performance:
Henrik Zetterberg and Johan Franzen both had 5pt games. Zetterberg's 5pts came in a 6-3 win over Columbus. Franzen's 5pts was against Chicago in the Wings 9-1 win (zetterberg had 4pts in that game). Both players scored hat tricks in their 5pt games.

The biggest surprise to start the season is the play of Henrik Zetterberg. He currently sits 1st in the NHL with 21pts in 10games, and 2nd in the NHL with 10 goals.

HOT:
Detroit Red Wings currently on a 6 game winning streak
Henrik Zetterberg: 21pts, 10goals in 10 games
Johan Franzen: 16pts in 10 games including 6 goals

Cold:
Valtteria Filppula: 2 goals in 10 games
Lee Stempnaik: 2 goals in 10 games


10 game schedule

1-2
4-3
0-3
6-3
3-2
1-9
1-8
2-4
2-5

Top 5 Red Wing scorers


Lineup changes:
during the 1st 10 games of the season the Wings would change up their lineup. After a 2-2 start the Wings decided to sit Kyle Quincey and Jakub Kindl would dress. The Wings also juggled their lines With Ian White back on Lidstrom's right side, while Ericsson who skated with Lidstrom was now paired with Kindl. Kronwall and Smith would stay together.

Opening night lineup
Filppula-Datsyuk-Nyquist
Franzen-Zetterberg-Tatar
Stempnaik-Helm-Cleary
M. Kassian-Handzus-Conner

Lidstrom-Ericsson
Kronwall-Smith
Quincey-White

Howard



Current Lineup
Filppula-Datsyuk-Nyquist
Franzen-Zetterberg-Tatar
Stempniak-Helm-Conner
Miller-Handzus-Cleary

Lidstrom-White
Krwonall-Smith
Kindl-Ericsson

[datszatta]

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Detroit Update- the Next 10 games

Detroit finished the last 10 games 6-3-1 and sit 5th in the West, 2nd in the Central. Detroit was riding a 6 game winning streak heading into these 10 games. But the Dallas Stars would come into the Joe and end that streak with a 8-5 win.

Highlight Game(s)
Det v NY Islanders: Detroit came into the game 11-4-0 while the Islanders had the same record 11-4-0. The Islanders would come out of the game with the 2pts as they won in a shootout (3-2 final score). Next was a game with Edmonton who had a record of 12-8-0 while Detroit stood at 12-5-1. Detroit would again lose in a game against a tough team. Edmonton would take the game 4-1. Jokaim Andersson would make his NHL debut for the Wings in this game and would register his 1st NHL goal in the lost. Detroit would also suffer their worst defeat when the Devils handed them their rear ends in a 8-1 whipping in New Jersey. Detroit still has some issues to work out especially on the defensive end.

Highlight Performance(s)
There was 2 of them in this 10 game stretch. Both were by the Detroit goalies. 1st Joey McDonald would get a shutout against Los Angeles in a 3-0 win. Next is Jimmy Howard getting a shutout against Colorado at home in a 3-0 win.

Hot:
Pavel Datsyuk: 4goals, 4assist, 8pts.
Valtteri Filppula: 6goals in 10 games
After only 2 goals in 1st 10 games Filppula responds with 6 goals in his last 10.

Cold:
Henrik Zetterberg: 1 goal in last 10 games
Johan Franzen: 0 goals in last 10 games
Zetterberg and Franzen come back down to earth after a very hot start.

Last 10 games

8-5
1-3
0-3
0-4
3-1
2-3(so)
1-8
0-3
4-1
3-4



Wings top 5 after 20 games



League standings after 20 games


NHL Leaders:
Goals: 20, Corey Perry(ana)
Assist: 29, Ryan Getzlaf(ana)
Points: 37, Ryan Getzlaf(ana)
Gaa: 1.52, Henrik Lundqvist
Save %: 94.0%, Henrik Lundqvist
Wins: 13, Cam Ward(car)

Injury Update:
Brendan Smith returned from injury. Rookie Jokaim Andersson was hurt and will miss 2 weeks

Trade Update:
Detroit sent Kyle Quincey and a 2013 2nd rd pick to Winnipeg for their 2013 1st rd pick.

Drew Miller traded to (i dont remember didnt write it down LOL) for 2 late picks. I believe they are 4th and 5th rd 2013 picks.

[datszatta]

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Detroit update- another 10 games(30 game update)

Detroit finished their last 10 games 7-2-1. The now sit 2nd overall in the West and 1st in the Central. The highlight game of these 10 game was actually 3 games. 1st up was San Jose(15-7-1) Detroit went into the game 13-6-2. Detroit would win the goal feast 5-4 after a late goal by Zetterberg. Next up was Anahiem and their 17-8-2 record plus they had the leading goal and point scorers in the league (Perry and Getzlaf). This game ended up being more a defensive battle as the Wings held the Duck duo and won 3-1. the final game was another date with the Sharks this time in San Jose. San Jose would get their payback with a 3-2 win. A very late goal (16sec left) by Thornton gave the Sharks the win.

Highlight Preformance:
This would be the whole team in a 10-1 win over Columbus. Everyone contributed in the demolishing Detroit gave to Columbus in their home arena

Hot:
Henrik Zetterberg: 8goals, 12pts
Gustav Nyquist: 11pts (4g, 7a)
Niklas Kronwall: 10pts (4g, 6a)

Henrik Zetterberg got back to his offensive ways these last 10 games.

Cold:
Pavel Datsyuk: 1g in 10 games
Ian White: 3pts in 10 games

Datsyuk struggled to find the back of the net. But did have 10 assist in the same stretch.

Past 10 games
4-3(ot)
4-5
7-3
10-1
3-1
2-3
2-1(ot)
2-4
3-1
2-3


Top 5 Wings




NHL Standings


NHL Leaders:
Goals: 24, Corey Perry(ana)
Assist: 37, Ryan Getzlaf(ana)
Points: 52, Ryan Getzlaf(ana)
Wins: 16, Cam Ward(car)/Ryan Miller(buf)
GAA: 1.84, Pekka Rinne (nsh)
Sv%: 93.8% Pekka Rinne (nsh)

[johnnyrocks]

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Zetterberg is having an amazing season, props to him. Love the red wings, play with skill. Why can't it be The Canucks V Red Wings this winter classic?

How is your goalie doing?

[datszatta]

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Well i was planning on doing updates every 10 games until end of the season. But i was watching playoff hockey and i wanted to get into the playoffs in my chise LOL. So i simmed to the playoffs. Next couple post will be the end of season stats and then playoff match ups.

So lets begin with and update on the team from my last update. The Wings signed a couple players to play for Grand Rapids to give them depth.

Dmen J. Tinordi, J. Lehtivouri and J. Hendry would sign and play in GR.

Detroit would also lose important players leading up to the trade deadline.
1st was Gustav Nyquist who was hurt on Feb. 17th and would be out for 10 weeks. Next was Nicklas Lidstrom hurt on march 5th and was schedule to return early May.

Detroit also made a trade prior to the trade deadline. Sending Logan Pyett and 2013 1st rd pick to Edmonton for their 2013 1st rd pick.

[datszatta]

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End of Season update

[datszatta]

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2012-13 PLAYOFFS